ROLEX GMT 'BURT REYNOLDS'

[Fittster]

Just noticed this ad:

http://www.heuerboy.com/otherwatches.htm

So What's Burt got to do with this model of Rolex?

[enioldjoe]

Burt Reynolds

[TheEnd]

Must have worn one in a film.

I'm sure the Paul Newman Daytonas were a tenuous link also?

[TheEnd]

http://rolexblog.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.h...

Ok, maybe i was wrong about Paul!
the link to Burt also in the post above.

[Strangely Brown]

If the link to Reynolds is as tenuous as the "Rolex Moon Watch" claim then I'd not put very much faith in it. That blog does a very good job of taking small amounts of information, adding huge amounts of supposition and wishful thinking and coming up with claims that are as fanciful as they are unsubstantiated. It's a shame because the watches are good enough on their own merit not to need that level of fanboyism.

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

Fittster said:

Just noticed this ad:

http://www.heuerboy.com/otherwatches.htm

So What's Burt got to do with this model of Rolex?

I just menatlly spent about 25k on that page, some really nice stuff, especially some of the retro omegas

[B Oeuf]

Strangely Brown said:

If the link to Reynolds is as tenuous as the "Rolex Moon Watch" claim then I'd not put very much faith in it.

Why is the Rolex link to the Moon tenuous?

[Maxf]

B Oeuf said:

Strangely Brown said:

If the link to Reynolds is as tenuous as the "Rolex Moon Watch" claim then I'd not put very much faith in it.

Why is the Rolex link to the Moon tenuous?

I don't think it has ever been documented that it went to the moon - a number of astronauts owned them though.

The photo of Gene Cernan was interesting though with it on a strap outside his space suit - that could have been a training photo though.

[B Oeuf]

From what I've seen on chronomaddox and history.nasa.gov, it seems far from tenuous?

[Maxf]

B Oeuf said:

From what I've seen on chronomaddox and history.nasa.gov, it seems far from tenuous?

Educate me!

I know Hamilton went to the moon (Armstrong) and Dave Scott probably wore something else as well, but I'm not sure what.

I'm pretty sure GMTs went into space as it seems many Astronauts owned them and many took a spare watch on their mission/s. I'm not sure any walked on the moon though!

[B Oeuf]

Maxf said:

B Oeuf said:

From what I've seen on chronomaddox and history.nasa.gov, it seems far from tenuous?

Educate me!

I know Hamilton went to the moon (Armstrong) and Dave Scott probably wore something else as well, but I'm not sure what.

I'm pretty sure GMTs went into space as it seems many Astronauts owned them and many took a spare watch on their mission/s. I'm not sure any walked on the moon though!

can't access many sites from work but

http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/omega.html

http://www.chronomaddox.com/moonmovement.html

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/2003101...

"Soon after the Apollo 11 mission, Aldrin said he decided to let the Smithsonian exhibit the watch. By then, it was recognized as the first watch worn on the moon. Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11 astronaut who first set foot on the moon's surface, had left his Omega watch in the lunar module."

Can't think why Buzz would lie about it

[Maxf]

Sorry - you think Armstrong wore a Rolex GMT on the moon?

Your links seem to back up everything I said. Although I had forgotten Dave Scott wore a Waltham.

eta: I can't find any mention of a Hamilton. Perhaps Armstrong wore it in the Gemini program?

Edited by Maxf on Thursday 20th August 15:08

[Stitch]

Oh dear - I can see this descending into a who wore what in space/on the moon thread!!

[Strangely Brown]

Maxf said:

I know Hamilton went to the moon (Armstrong) and Dave Scott probably wore something else as well, but I'm not sure what.

I don't think that's quite right. AIUI, Armstrong left his Speedmaster in the LM because of an onboard malfunction and Scott wore his backup watch, a Waltham, on the third EVA because the crystal had popped off his Speedmaster on the second EVA.

There is no evidence that any Rolex was ever worn on any EVA during the the Gemini or Apollo missions, indeed they would probably have not been allowed. It is, however, quite possible that astronauts may have taken their own along and worn them during missions. See Jack Swigert as one example. As was said, what is "known" is summed up quite neatly on chronomaddox.com. Anything else, in the absence of further evidence, is pure speculation.

I am happy to be corrected and I don't have any axe to grind one way or the other, but it irks me that people (fanboys) try to claim things are different than they actually are. Possibly out of some attempt to justify a purchase to themselves, possibly for something else, I don't know. The documentation of the Apollo missions is pretty comprehensive and where there are gaps, people will fill in with their own theories. Such is life.

Now, do I buy a Submariner, a GMT Master II or an Explorer to go with my Speedy and Seamaster GMT?

Edited by Strangely Brown on Thursday 20th August 16:11

[B Oeuf]

Maxf said:

Sorry - you think Armstrong wore a Rolex GMT on the moon?

Your links seem to back up everything I said. Although I had forgotten Dave Scott wore a Waltham.

Edited by Maxf on Thursday 20th August 15:02

FFS! what happened there? I'm incredibly sorry, I've had a brainfart....I was reading Omega where you'd written Rolex, I guess I just assumed you'd written Omega as the concept of it being a Rolex didn't occur

[Fittster]

If he was on the moon what watch would Burt Reynolds wear?

[Strangely Brown]

Fittster said:

If he was on the moon what watch would Burt Reynolds wear?

A black one with a big, gold eagle on the bonnet. Oh, wait...

[Maxf]

Brings new meaning to 'the eagle has landed' I suppose.

[andy_s]

As an aside; I was reading up on the 'space watch' certification process for them to be flight qualified, this was in relation to the Bulova Astronaut (mentioned in another drooling CmdrJ thread). Bulova tried to supply for the space program (even getting White House support) but all their watches (despite being arguably the most accurate available at the time) failed during testing - esp in the negative pressure tests. However, from what I understand, the time keeping equipment onboard and in Mission Control was Bulova made. (Perhaps the failed lander module clock was Bulova?!).

http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=132 is an interesting thread on the subject.


Watch out for those Kojacs with Kodacs....

Edited by andy_s on Thursday 20th August 16:02

[Ecurie Ecosse]

The Burt connection is probably from the start of the absolutely classic film Hooper, where he changes out of his GMT to a gold Oyster, as he is portraying a businessman.

There's nothing like the life of s Hollywood stuntman